ATM ModernizationATN: Harmonizing Aero Communications There was a time when life in aeronautical communications was simple. There was analog voice radio or nothing. But how times have changed. Today we face competing technologies, divergent regional solutions, a…
ATM ModernizationBoeing 787: Integration’s Next Step Moving beyond current jetliners in the integration and openness of its architecture, Boeing sees the 787 Dreamliner's avionics suite as a major contributor to the economies it promises with the new mid-…
ATM ModernizationCalendar June 13-19 Paris Air Show, Le Bourget Airport, Paris. Contact Anouck Toussaint, e-mail a.toussaint@salon-du-bourget.fr or visit www.paris-air-show.com. 20-21 Joint International Symposium on Sensors and Systems for Airport Surveillance, offices of Direction Generale…
ATM ModernizationEditor's Note: More Bizjets Using FANS? From our Q&A this month we learn that the Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) is the first corporate aircraft certified for future air navigation system (FANS) operations. But it no longer is the…
Business & GAInput/Output: Data Link Messages: To Record or Not? FAA's plan to require the onboard recording of data link messages is raising the blood pressure of an industry in shock from rising oil prices and the persistent aftereffects of 9/11. The…
MilitaryMUOS: Milsatcom’s Cutting Edge Imagine a U.S. Air Force or Navy pilot flying his newly minted F-35 in combat. He needs to communicate immediately on several levels to accomplish his mission: talk to the tactical center,…
Business & GANew Products Sleeving Waytek, Chanhassen, Minn., has released its braided polyester yarn, expandable sleeving for bundling wires and protecting hoses. The sleeving, which comes in standard and heavy wall versions, slips over tubes or…
CommercialPeople Jean-Michel Comtois CMC Electronics Inc.'s military aviation business unit has named Jean-Michel Comtois vice president. He has been with the company since 2000 and served as the vice president of government and…
Business & GAPerspectives: An Ounce Of Prevention Obsolescence problems continue to increase ownership costs, affecting the avionics systems and the test equipment used by military and civil operators, as well as their suppliers. It was a frequent topic of…
ATM ModernizationProduct Focus: Proposed Recorder Rules: Raising Flags The boxes that hold the data used to decipher aircraft accidents would have to change under newly proposed flight recorder rules. Key elements of the plan issued Feb. 28 include: longer voice…